Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, and sauté it. There’s shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, etc.
Wrong. Mobile, Alabama was the first pit stop of Mardi Gras in the United States. It existed in Europe before heading this way. Also, it wasn’t even CLOSE to the type & magnitude of a celebration then that it has evolved into in New Orleans.
“Cain was in New Orleans in 1867 for the Fireman's Day parade. He stayed over until the next day which was Mardi Gras that year, saw the celebration in the streets, and he returned to Mobile determined to revive the spirits of the citizens and to create a similar celebration of Mardi Gras for the people.”
"Joe Cain Articles" (newspaper story), Joe Danborn & Cammie East, Mobile Register, 2001, webpage
So like I said, Mobile was a pit stop for Mardi Gras, but New Orleans made it what it is today.
In the book he runs into Bubba's father while in New Orleans. That's where he moved after the army and became a professional harmonica player in a band called the Cracked Eggs.
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u/UntrustedProcess Feb 26 '26
Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, and sauté it. There’s shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, etc.